| geriatric medicine | <specialty> A specialty of medicine that is concerned with the disease and health problems of older people, usually those over 65 years of age. Considered a subspecialty of internal medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pain clinics | Facilities providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and palliative services for patients with severe chronic pain. These may be free-standing clinics or hospital-based and serve ambulatory or inpatient populations. The approach is usually multidisciplinary. These clinics are often referred to as "acute pain services". (12 Dec 1998) |
| child guidance clinics | Facilities which administer the delivery of mental health counseling services to children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental clinics | Facilities where dental care is provided to patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| outpatient clinics, hospital | Organised services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric | Pertaining to the treatment of the aged. (18 Nov 1997) |
| geriatric assessment | Evaluation of the level of physical, physiological, or mental functioning in the older population group. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric dentistry | <specialty> The branch of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of older people. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric nursing | Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric psychiatry | <specialty> A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric therapy | Treatment of disease in the aged. Synonym: geriatric therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adolescent medicine | A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic growth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aerospace medicine | <study> A field of medicine which specialises in the effects of atmospheric and space flight on human physical and psychological well-being. (09 Oct 1997) |
| alternative medicine | A catch-all phrase for a long list of treatments or medicinal systems including traditional systems such as Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, various herbals and other miscellaneous treatments that have not been accepted by the mainstream, or Western, medical establishment. Alternative medicine is also referred to as complementary medicine (see). The designation alternative medicine is not equivalent to holistic medicine, which is a more narrow term. See: Holistic Medicine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aviation medicine | The study and practice of medicine as it applies to physiologic problems peculiar to aviation. Synonym: aeromedicine. (05 Mar 2000) |